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<p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">State health leaders say their effort to bring down the infant mortality rate is working. But they still have a long way to go.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">The number of infants that passed away in 2013 decreased by two-tenths of a percent compared to the previous year. But black infants are still dying at more than twice the rate of white infants.</span></p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 11:35:08 +0000Andy Chow (Ohio Public Radio)69088 at http://wyso.orgDayton Health Center To Operate Pilot Prenatal Programhttp://wyso.org/post/dayton-health-center-operate-pilot-prenatal-program
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">A health center in Dayton is one of four in Ohio selected to pilot a prenatal care program designed to lower the state’s infant mortality rate.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Ohio ranks </span>47<sup>th</sup><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> in the nation for infant deaths, and&nbsp;</span>50th<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> for African American populations. </span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">State Senator Shannon Jones (R) calls the numbers abysmal.</span></p>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:36:50 +0000Jerry Kenney68617 at http://wyso.orgDayton Health Center To Operate Pilot Prenatal ProgramNationwide Children’s Hospital Uses Caffeine And Viagra To Help Premature Infantshttp://wyso.org/post/nationwide-children-s-hospital-uses-caffeine-and-viagra-help-premature-infants
<p>Ohio’s infant mortality rate is dismal, near the bottom among all states. As the Ohio Department of Health this week holds a summit to focus attention on the problem, a children’s hospital in Central Ohio has turned to some adult medications to keep more premature infants alive.</p>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:54:09 +0000Tom Borgerding (WOSU)58719 at http://wyso.orgOhio's High Infant Mortality Rate Addressed In New Billshttp://wyso.org/post/ohios-high-infant-mortality-rate-addressed-new-bills
<p>In 2013, state lawmakers and health officials toured Ohio, gathering information about the state’s high infant mortality rate. On Wednesday, state senators introduced five new bills to combat the situation.&nbsp;</p><p>Ohio has one of the worst infant mortality rates in the nation and Republican State Senator Shannon Jones of Springboro says a high infant death rate is a red flag.&nbsp;</p>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 04:12:25 +0000Jerry Kenney45848 at http://wyso.orgInfant Mortality Forums Take Place in Daytonhttp://wyso.org/post/infant-mortality-forums-take-place-dayton-0
<div class="card-content"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dayton Children&rsquo;s Hospital and Public Health - Dayton &amp; Montgomery County both hosted events Thursday centered around Ohio&rsquo;s high infant mortality rate.&nbsp; Ohio has one of the highest rates of infant deaths in the country. Health officials and politicians alike want that to change.&nbsp;</p>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:07:41 +0000Jerry Kenney39844 at http://wyso.orgInfant Mortality Forums Take Place in DaytonInfant Mortality Focus Of Dayton Meetinghttp://wyso.org/post/infant-mortality-focus-dayton-meeting
<p style="margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(63,63,63)">Roundtable discussions on infant mortality rates continue in Dayton <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2096872393" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span>, and members of the Ohio Senate, public health officials and health professionals in Dayton will gather with a common purpose in mind &ndash; to lower infant death rates in Ohio.</span></p>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:36:11 +0000Jerry Kenney39770 at http://wyso.orgRoundtable on Infant Mortality Rates to be Heldhttp://wyso.org/post/roundtable-infant-mortality-rates-be-held
<p>Members of the Ohio Senate Committee on Medicaid, Health, and Human Services and other health professionals from around the state will be in Cincinnati Thursday to discuss how to improve Ohio’s infant mortality rate.&nbsp;</p>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:44:55 +0000Jerry Kenney38060 at http://wyso.org